Syrian Crusader Frontier Wars (1120s)

Timeline

1. 1123–1124Around Aleppo · AleppoKing Baldwin II of Jerusalem was ambushed and captured by Artuqid forces near Aleppo; the Crusader coalition had to raise a ransom and defense was temporarily maintained by a regent.
2. 1125–1127Antioch · AntiochUnder pressure from the Seljuks and local emirs, the Principality of Antioch repeatedly lost frontier fortresses; Crusaders and Muslim forces fought back and forth along the Orontes line, and the defensive line grew ever more fragile.
3. 1128–1129Cilician mountains · CiliciaBohemond II was killed fighting the emir of Damashq in the Cilician mountains; Lady Alice took the Antiochene regency. Military orders such as the Knights Templar began garrisoning frontier fortresses, filling the gap left by insufficient secular noble forces.